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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Apart from Harry, they all seem more than slightly robotic to me. Note the waving arms.
    I'm minded of the Stepford Wives.

    Good luck to him on his escape.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    philippa smith2 said:
    Hostafan1 said:

    and no mention of B****t
    H***t maybe ?
    I did here the term "Megxit" so it's clear who the press are blaming.

    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Hazel-1 said:
    I hope Iā€™m not around to see the demise of our Royal Family but then I suppose Iā€™m a traditionalist in Ā a lot of ways.
    I don't want to see it gone, but clearly , in its current form , it's unsustainable.Ā 

    Clear out the hangers on, cut it down to a more sensible size, much as many European Royal Families have done. They're not saints , they shouldn't be on pedestals and I'm sure they're the first to admit that.
    Devon.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I may be slightly unusual in being a Royalist [ with certain provisos ] and also a socialist. I believed that Harry and Megan would bring positive benefits to the "firm", in part due to them being a mixed race couple, and I think there is some evidence that this is true.
    I think that the GB Press have done their utmost to cause trouble from the outset, and that this has been a race hatred issue.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think itā€™s unlikely that an American could have the foggiest about the implications of joining the royal family ... particularly when the nasty insidious racism of certain sections of the UK press are taken into account. Iā€™m not much of a royal watcher, but Iā€™ve come across some vile stuff Ā online from sections of the British public targeting the Duchess ... particularly after the referendum and around the recent general election.Ā 
    I donā€™t think itā€™s the ā€˜jobā€™ theyā€™re complaining about ... itā€™s the nastiness in the media.

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Me too - she's not afraid of the work or being in the public eye but the British tabloids are a force for bad which she had underestimated and has, quite reasonably, decided to do without tho I can't see the tabloids leaving them alone now.Ā  Did anyone else see Question Time last night?Ā  Not one member of that audience thought they were wrong to withdraw.

    Agree with @punkdoc - good to have some new blood and the energy of this young couple in "the firm".Ā  Ā I hope it turns out well for them.Ā  Good to see the other senior royals are now galvanised into action.Ā Ā 
    VendƩe - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited January 2020
    I also think that Meghan is emotionally intelligent enough to recognise the damage that was done to Harry and the long lasting effect it has had on him. Ā Becoming a parent is likely to have awoken all sorts of emotions for him, and as well as him wanting to protect his wife and child, Meghan wants to protect Harry.Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    edited January 2020
    Dovefromabove said:
    I also think that Meghan is emotionally intelligent enough to recognise the damage that was done to Harry and the long lasting effect it has had on him. Ā Becoming a parent is likely to have awoken all sorts of emotions for him, and as well as him wanting to protect his wife and child, Meghan wants to protect Harry.Ā 

    Totally agree.Ā  For their own health I think getting away from the British press - and much of the TV coverage as well, can only be positive.Ā  I see Pierce Morgan is on hit high horse again.Ā  He's still sulking because he didn't actually get into the inner circle despite knowing Meghan before she met Harry.

    I also broadly support the Monarchy, and agree that it needs slimming down despite many of the minor royals having been kicked into touch over the past years.Ā  Can you imagine the alternative when you look at leading politicians over the past decades and how they would have been as President instead of Prime Minister?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Piers Morgan is one of the most loathsome individuals Iā€™m aware of on this planet.Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It seems to me that Meghan has also been very sensible to leave Harry to come to an agreement with the Royal Family ... that way the arrangements can be seen to be down to him and not due to her fortune-hunting as the garbage press would have it.Ā 

    Theyā€™ve been trying to make her into Wallis Simpson ever since she appeared on the scene.Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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